AlgaEnergy SA, part-owned by Spain’s Iberdrola SA (IBE) and Repsol SA (REP), is in talks with potential partners to set up a plant in Mexico to supply the American markets with biomass made from algae. The International Energy Agency, a policy adviser for industrialized nations, estimates biofuels must supply about 27 percent of road fuels […]

US based algae biofuel company, Algae International Group (ALGA) has signed an agreement with the Gulf Hydrocarbon, Inc (GULF), a company which provides biodiesel to the petroleum industry. According to the agreement, GULF will exclusively represent Algae International Group in sales and distribution of ALGA’s proprietary and non-proprietary algal oils and products created with the […]

Construction of Algenol Biofuels’ new biorefinery is started. GCM Contracting Solutions Inc has been working on the construction project. The site has an area of 36-acre and construction is scheduled to be completed by 2012. GCM Contracting has worked with Algenol before; in 2010, the firm built a research and development complex for the alternative […]

Neste Oil has officially opened the largest renewable diesel refinery in Europe, which is located in Rotterdam to produce the company’s renewable diesel NExBTL. The plant was built at € 670 million and has an annual production capacity of 1 billion liters of NExBTL. According to Neste Oil, the emissions benefit of the refinery’s output […]

OriginOil, one of the prominent algae fuel companies, will work with DOE’s Office of Biomass Programs to create standards for algal biomass. The company has entered into a new research agreement with the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Under the agreement, OriginOil and INL will work together for establishing industry standards for algal […]

World health Energy Holdings (WHEN) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Eco Green Fuels for a joint venture to produce algae for biofuel production. By the terms of this Joint Venture WHEN will start production so as to supply one million liters of algal oil to EFG by the last quarter of 2012. […]

VG Energy, a subsidiary of Viral Genetics, Inc. , announced today that it has retained alternative energy producer BioProcess Algae, LLC to verify lab results on a large scale for the development of commercial production of its potential biofuel process. VG Energy has developed proprietary technology, with results reproduced multiple times from test-tube to small-pond studies, which holds promise […]

Atlantic Green Technology, a company focused on  research and product development in biofuel and pharmaceutical fields. has developed algae varieties that can be grown in a wide range of environments and weather conditions, making them versatile enough to be grown around the world. The company was affliliated to the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog; see also: Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page 1. DaimlerChrysler and Arctic Cat pushing the use of biodiesel blends 2. VISY, one of the world’s largest private packaging and recycling companies, has announced it will trial biodiesel fuel in its Australian trucking fleet. The move, which follows […]